Southern Africa’s liberation movements have lost their political mojo | Opinions

On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) party, has emerged victorious in the disputed presidential election conducted from November 27 to 30.

It said Nandi-Ndaitwah won 57 percent of the votes, comfortably defeating her main rival, Panduleni Itula from the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party, who received around 26 percent.  As such, Nandi-Ndaitwah, a former freedom fighter and current vice president, is now on the verge of making history as Namibia’s first…